The IBM PalmTop PC110 What's on the diskettes?

Introduction

The PC110 2431-YDW is supplied with five diskettes, all carefully labelled and documented in Japanese. For those of you who can't read Japanese (like me!), this page describes what I can make of them.

I'll identify the diskettes by their IBM part numbers (the small numbers) or as the 'blue and white disk' and the 'white disks', but will also refer to what English there is on the labels. Does that make sense?
 

Original diskette images

Since only one of the utility diskettes supplied with the PC110 is available for download, and this is not the main diskette required to restore the factory software configuration, I have packaged up the four diskettes into .DSK images, then compressed them into .ZIP files. Once unzipped, you will have to use the LOADDSKF utility to unpack these to diskettes. Run LOADDSKF without any command line parameters to see a description of the syntax and switches available. All images are of 1.44MB 3.5" diskettes.

This is not meant as an infringement of IBM's copyright on these programs; the images are provided as an aid for owners of PC110's who do not have access to the original diskettes. Please do not abuse this.
 

39H5729 - PalmTop PC110

This diskette boots (with PCMCIA storage drivers loaded) to a Japanese installation menu for the contents of the four white diskettes. I haven't tried these as yet, but the probable options are:

1. Install DOS?
2. Install PCMCIA drivers?
3. Runs FDISK so you can repartition your drives.
4. Runs format to format ... (I haven't tried this one!)
5. Go to DOS prompt
6. ATA PCMCIA configuration?
7. Install Personaware

Press <F3> then <Enter> to exit if you're not brave enough to try them out either!

• Bootable PC DOS 7.0
• PCMCIA socket diagnostics - ATADIAG.EXE
• .LZH archive decompressor - LHA.EXE (use LHA x <filename> <target> to unpack an archive)
• Default CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT compressed inside PTP110.LZH, pluse two dictionary (?) files

Amanda Walker has good instructions for non-Japanese readers on her web site for reinstalling from this diskette.

39H5730 - Personaware Version 1

• Personaware installation files - INSTALL.EXE starts the install
• HP Palmtop PC to Personaware data conversion utility? - OMAKE\HP2PW.EXE

39H5731 - PalmTop PC110 1

• ESS 488 AudioDrive Windows 3.1 drivers - ESSETUP.EXE
• Chips & Technologies 65535 Windows 3.1 driver - OEMSETUP.INF (I had problems with these on UK Win3.1)
• An odd selection of PC DOS command files - \DOS
• PC110 utilities installation program - \UTILITY\UINSTALL.EXE - provides the following, but I don't know in which order!
• Large Windows 3.1 pointer - LRGPTR.EXE
• Touch pad driver for DOS (well, Personaware) - INKDRV.COM
• Configuration program - PS2.EXE

39H5743 - Palmtop PC110 2

• TVC to WAV file format convertor - \TVCC\BIN\TVCC.EXE - I suspect this is used with some form of answering machine software (provided by Personaware?) to customise your answering machine greetings...?

Blue and white disk -  Windows 3.1

• Apparently SETUP.EXE starts the installation of Japanese Windows 3.1, provided you have the rest of the 14 or so diskettes for that product...

Software updates

• Personaware v1.01: available from the IBM Japan FTP server here

• 39H5731 - PalmTop PC110 1 v1.10 is also available from the IBM Japan FTP server (not strictly an update)

Canon CE300 Utility  New!

• CCU.EXE and CCU.EXP required to use the CE300 camera in the PC110.
  
• More details and installation instructions can be found here. 

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Written by Daniel Basterfield. Images found on the internet. Enjoy!